Thanksgiving is just a week away, and many North Texas families are struggling as the holidays approach.

To help out our community, our 11 Days of Giving series is expanding. Together with Tom Thumb, Albertsons, we're supporting nonprofits through 11 days of giving in both November and December.

For this first round, they're donating $1,000 a day to food banks across North Texas. On the third day, we visited Arlington Charities.

"We are backlogged right now by 400 families," said Vicky Martinez, the CEO of Arlington Charities.

Things are busy at Arlington Charities. Volunteers pack the warehouse, building food packages for clients.

"Today we'll serve about 288 families for the holiday distribution," said Martinez.

Arlington Charities is the largest food distributor in the city. Ma

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